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Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Ohio University Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Ohio University Supplementary Materials Container List Table of Contents Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Ohio University .................................................................................................................... 1 Supplementary Materials Container List ................................................................................................. 1 I. Letters and Correspondence—Personal Research ........................................................................ 2 II. Letters and Correspondence—Topical: 1968---1973 ................................................................... 11 III. Letters and Correspondence—Business......................................................................................... 12 IV. Letters and Correspondence—Fan Mail ......................................................................................... 14 V. Printed Matter with Relevant Correspondence ........................................................................... 14 VI. Manuscripts .............................................................................................................................................. 16 VII. Manuscripts---Speeches .................................................................................................................... 17 VIII. Diaries---Date Books ...................................................................................................................... 18 IX. Photographs .............................................................................................................................................. 18 X. Memorabilia .............................................................................................................................................. 19 XI. Unboxed...................................................................................................................................................... 21 2 I. Letters and Correspondence—Personal Research BOX 1: A. A through E, 1958-1981. 1. Aga Khan, Sadruddin, 1969. a. TLS, June 6, 1969, 1p. b. TL, June 23, 1969, 1p. c. TLS, July 23, 1969, 1p. (#1) 2. Airborne 82nd, 1974-1982. a. TLS, Aug. 12, 1974, 1p. b. CTLS, Aug 19, 1974, 1p. c. CTLS, September 6, 1974, 1p. d. CTLS, September 27, 1974, 1p. e. CTLS, October 11, 1974, 1p. f. CTLS, July 14, 1975, 1p. g. TLS, August 1, 1975, 1p. h. CTLS, September 3, 1975, 1p. i. TLS, September 6, 1975, 1p. j. TLS, September 6, 1975, 1p. k. TLS, September 8, 1975, 1p. l. CTLS, September 10, 1975, 1p. m. TLS, October 10, 1975, 1p. n. CTL, October 10, 1975, 1p. o. CTL, October 10, 1975, 1p. p. CTL, October 10, 1975, 1p. q. CTL, October 10, 1975, 1p. r. TLS, December 16, 1980, 1p. s. CTLS, September 14, 1981, 1p. t. TLS, October 12, 1981, 1p. u. CTLS, December 27, 1982, 1p, (#2). 3. American Society of the French Legion of Honor, 1973. a. TLS, July 18, 1973, 1p. b. CTLS, August 9, 1973, 2p, (#3). 4. American Society of Historians, 1974. a. TLS, March 18, 1974, 2p. b. CTLS, March 20, 1974, 1p. c. CTLS, March 25, 1974, 1p, (#4). 5. Bradley, Mrs. Omar, 1967-1981. a. TLS, September 23, 1967, 1p. b. TLS, June 10, 1968, 1p. c. Letter to Mrs. Bradley: TLS, June 14, 1968, 1p. d. ANS, December 27, 1968, 1p. 3 e. Letter to Mrs. Bradley from Mrs. Ryan: TLS, September 14, 1967, 1p, (#5). 6. Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands, 1967-74. a. Letter to Prince: TLS, March 10, 1967, 2p. b. TL, March 17, 1967, 1p. c. Letter to Prince: TLS, April 26, 1967, 2p. d. Letter to W.A.R. Collins from Prince: TLS, Jan. 20, 1967, 1p. e. ANS, September 10, 1967, 2p. f. Letter to Prince: TLS, September 13, 1967, 2p. g. Letter to Prince: TLS, November 7, 1967, 1p. h. Letter to Prince: TLS, April 21, 1969, 4p. i. TLS, April 26, 1969, 1p. j. ANS, July 4, 1969, 4p. k. Letter to Prince: TLS, July 18, 1969, 3p. l. Letter to Prince: TLS, Sug. 6, 1969, 2p. m. Letter to Prince: TLS, Aug 29, 1969, 1p. n. TLS, Sept. 25, 1969. o. Letter to Prince: TLS, Jan. 29, 1970, 1p. p. TL, March 17, 1967, 1p. q. Letter to Prince: TLS, Feb 6, 1970, 3p. r. TL, Feb. 11, 1970. s. Letter from Paul Slade to Ryan concerning Prince. ANS, 1p. t. Letter to Prince: TLS, April 27, 1970, 3p. u. TLS, May 5, 1970, 1p. v. ANS, October 14, 1970, 2p. w. Letter to Prince: TLS, June 23, 1971, 1p. x. Letter to Prince: TLS, July 2, 1971, 1p. y. ANS, July 7, 1971, 2p. z. Letter to Prince: TLS, September 30, 1971, 1p. aa. TL from Prince, Nov. 6, 1973. bb. Letter to Prince: TLS, Nov. 9, 1973, 2p. cc. Letter to Prince: TLS, Oct. 29, 1973, 3p. dd. ANS, November 26, 1973, 4p. ee. TL to Prince, Dec. 5, 1973. ff. TL, December 6, 1973. gg. ANS, December 6, 1973. hh. Letter to Prince: TLS, Dec. 6, 1973, 4p. ii. Letter to Prince: TLS, Dec. 10, 1973, 1p. jj. Letter to Prince: TLS, Dec. 10, 1973, 2p. kk. ANS, Dec. 17, 1973, 2p. ll. TL, February 27, 1974. mm. Letter to Prince: TLS, Feb. 14, 1974, 1p. nn. Letter to Prince: TLS, March 7, 1974, 2p. oo. Letter to Prince: TLS, April 22, 1974, 2p. pp. TLS, May 2, 1974, 1p. qq. Letter to Prince: TLS, May 13, 1974, 2p. 4 rr. Letter to Prince: TLS, May 20, 1974, 1p. ss. TL, May 25, 1974, 1p. tt. TL, June 5, 1974, 1p. uu. Letter to Prince: TLS, June 6, 1974, 2p. vv. Letter to Prince: TLS, Aug. 28, 1974, 3p. ww. Letter to Prince from Ryan's secretary: TLS, December 9, 1974, 2p. xx. TL to Prince form Mrs. Ryan, Dec. 23, 1974. yy. TL, May 15, 1974, (#6). 7. Daniel, Clifton, 2 letters, 1963. a. TL, November 26, 1963, 1p. b. TL, December 6, 1963, 1p, (#7). 8. Dillman, John M., 6 letters, 1972-73. a. TLS, November 15, 1972, 1p. b. TL, November 15, 1972, 1p. c. CTLS, November 30, 1972, 1p. d. TLS, December 4, 1972, 1p. e. CTLS, December 8, 1972, 1p. f. TLS, February 26, 1973, 1p., (#8). 9. Doering, O.C. Jr., 1962-70. a. TLS, January 23, 1962, 1p. b. CTL, January 23, 1962, 1p. c. TL, January 26, 1962, 1p. d. TLS, February 7, 1962, 1p. e. TLS, February 21, 1962, 1p. f. TLS, May 29, 1963, 1p. g. CTL, June 11, 1963, 1p. h. CTLS, February 23, 1965, 1p. i. CTL, March 15, 1965, 1p. j. CTL, March 22, 1965, 1p. CTL, May 20, 1965, 1p. k. CTL, May 27, 1965, 2p. l. TLS, June 8, 1965, 2p. m. CTL, June 11, 1965, 1p. n. TLS, June 25, 1965, 2p. o. TLS, July 2, 1965, 1p. p. TLS, July 20, 1965, 11p. r. TLS, September 21, 1965, 2p. s. TLS, February 10, 1967, 2p. t. TLS, May 12, 1967, 1p. u. CTLS, July 10, 1967, 1p. v. TLS, July 21, 1967, 1p. w. CTLS, July 28, 1967, 1p. x. CTLS, January 26, 1970, 1p. (#9). 10. Eisenhower, John, 5 letters, 1967. a. TLS, September 5, 1967, 1p. 5 b. CTLS, September 13, 1967, 2p. c. TLS, September 18, 1967, 1p. d. TLS, November 28, 1967, 1p. e. TLS, December 11, 1967, 1p., (#10) Box 2 B. F through L, 314 letters, 1954-1978. 1. Fargo, Ladislas, 1966. a. Letter to Fargo: CTLS, November 18, 1966, 1p. b. TLS, November 7 , 1966, 1p., (#1). 2. Gavin, James, 1954-1978. a. TLS, December 2, 1959, 1p. b. TLS, December 14, 1959, 1p. c. Letter to Gavin from NASA: TLS, Nov. 30, 1959, 1p. d. Letter from Gavin to NASA: CTLS, November 23, 1959, 2p. e. ALS, 2p. f. TLS, November 12, 1959, 1p. g. TLS, November 17, 1959, 1p. h. Letter to Gavin: CTLS, March 22, 1960, 2p. i. TLS, January 8, 1960, 1p. j. TLS, April 4, 1960, 2p. k. TLS, October 24, 1960, 1p. l. Letter to Gavin: CTLS, January 28, 1961, 5p. m. TLS, February 3, 1961, 1p. n. TLS, February 24, 1961,1p. o. TLS, August 21, 1961, 1p. p. TLS, September 13, 1961, 1p. q. TLS, September 14, 1961, 1p. r. TLS, September 19, 1961, 1p. s. TLS, November 2, 1961, 1p. t. Letter to Gavin: CTLS, Nov., 1961. u. TLS, November 17, 1961, 2p. v. TLS, September 22, 1962, 1p. w. Letter from Gavin to Fay Kohler: CTLS, March 4, 1963, 1p. x. TLS, March 4, 1963, 1p. y. TLS, October 31, 1963, 1p. z. Letter from Gavin to President of U.S.: CTLS, November 4, 1963, 1p. aa. Letter to Gavin from President Kennedy: CTLS, November 11, 1963, 1p. bb. TLS, December 27, 1963, 2p. cc. TLS, January 8, 1964, 2p. dd. Letter from Mrs. Gavin to Mrs. Ryan: ALS, January 8, 1964, 1p. ee. TLS, February 26, 1964, 4p. ff. Letter to Gavin: CTLS, February 28, 1964, 1p. 6 gg. TLS, March 2, 1964, 2p. hh. TLS, August 28, 1964, 1p. ii. Letter to Gavin form Gen. J.B. Lampert: TLS, August 22, 1964, 2p. jj. Letter to Gavin: TLS, Nov. 12, 1964, 1p. kk. TLS, December 31, 1964, 1p. ll. TLS, January 4, 1965, 1p. mm. TLS, April 20, 1965, 1p. nn. TLS, May 18, 1965, 1p. oo. Letter to Gavin: CTL, May 24, 1965, 2p. pp. TLS, January 13, 1966, 1p. qq. Letter to John Fischer from M.B. Ridgway: CTLS, December 31, 1965, 1p rr. TLS, January 20, 1967, 1p. ss. TLS, June 15, 1967, 1p. tt. Letter to Gavin: CTL, Sept. 12, 1967,1p. uu. TLS, August 31, 1967, 1p. vv. TLS, September 16, 1967, 2p. ww. Letter from Gavin to Paul Gitlin: CTLS, September 27, 1968, 1p. xx. Letter to Gavin: CTLS, Oct. 1, 1968, 1p. yy. Letter to Gavin: CTLS, April 22, 1969, 1p. zz. TLS, April 30, 1969, 1p. aaa. TLS, May 1, 1969, 1p. bbb. TLS, September 4, 1969, 1p. ccc. TLS, June 28, 1969, 1p. ddd. Letter from Gavin to Gen. W.E. Ekman: TLS, June 28, 1973, 1p. eee. Letter from Gavin to Col. Louis Mendez: TLS, June 28, 1973, 1p. fff. TLS, June, 29, 1973, 2p. ggg. Letter to Gavin form Mrs. Ryan: TLS, August 10, 1973, 2p. hhh. TLS, November 2, 1973, 1p. iii. TLS, January 24, 1974, 1p. jjj. Letter to Gavin from Von Der Heydte: TLS, n.d. kkk. Letter from Gavin to Von Der Heydte TLS, March 5, 1954, 2p. lll. Letter to Gavin: TLS, Jan. 28, 1974, 1p. mmm. TLS, March 25, 1974, 1p. nnn. TLS, September 5, 1974, 1p. ooo. TLS, March 25, 1974, 1p. ppp. TLS, September 6, 1974, 1p. qqq.
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